I have The Best Husband Ever

I had a great weekend to say the least! On Friday, it was my birthday and to start the day off on a good note all my sister-in-law's and the kids surprised me by taking me out to lunch. They are very sneeky, and I was convinced we were just going to Target, but leave it to them to do something so sweet. Next Chris surprised me with getting really great seats to a Mariner's game (which I love, and have been wanting to go to a game forever!) Although they lost, it was still so fun! The weather just happened to be perfect that day, and there were only a few crazy drunk people around us! When the game was over, we got back to the car, and sitting on my seat, was a card with the sweetest letter in it! I thought that was all, until I saw tickets to go see High School Musical on brodway!!!! (As you can see I've grown up a lot haha) Im soooooo excited!!! It's not till the end of this month, but I can't wait! I love you sooo much Chris!!! Then we have mothers day which started off with breakfast in bed, flowers, and him taking baby duty almost all day! Then the boys in his family made a steak dinner for the girls, and let us play rock band all night! It was a great weekend!




I love this one, because you can see Charli on the ground at my sister-in-law Lindsay's feet, crawling through the drums. Well, there is a "foot drum" or whatever its called, and she wouldn't leave it alone, and it always ruined your score! Everyone was getting frustrated but I thought it was really funny.

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About My Husband..... Thank You Shannon, this one was pretty fun

*What is his name? Lately it’s been Dad, but sometimes we call him Chris
*How old is he? 26
*How long have we been married? Three years in June... gone by way to fast!
*How long did we date? This one is up for debate... I’ll say we knew each other for 4 years before we got engaged, then got married 6 months after that. But in that time we probably dated for 2 years...
*Who said I love you first? He did, but I almost did like 20 times before that.
*Who is taller? Chris by a perfect amount!.
*Who sings better? He does for sure! But that doesn’t stop me from sharing MY talent with everyone who steps foot in my car!!
*Who is smarter? It depends, when it comes to common sense.... I think I win. Enything else, he takes the cake!
*Whose temper is worse? His. Sometimes Im too laid back for my own good. But we match up well
*Who pays the bills? I do
*Who does the laundry? I do. Im obsessed. I can’t stand dirty clothes! I probably do at least one load every day!
*Who cooks dinner? Unless its hamburgers, or steak tacos.... the only things he knows how to make, its me!
*Who drives when we are together? Usually Chris, but sometimes I do. He drives like a grandpa.
*Who is more stubborn? Me for sure.
*Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Im never wrong. So it’s always him.....
*Whose family do you see more? His family!
*Who has more friends? Humm.. Im really bad at keeping in touch, so probably him, but he is my best friend!
*Who wears the pants in the family? We share
*Who eats more sweets? Unless it’s cherry chip cake, its me!!
*Who mows the lawn? The landscaper... Haha Chris only recently learned how to start the lawn mower.
*Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does.
*Who asked who out first? He askd me out first, but then I went stalker, and wouldn’t leave him alone!
*Who kissed who first? I have to admit our first kiss was kind of a make out sesh! Initiated by him of course.
*What is your favorite thing about him?How do I decide?? I married him because he is my perfect match. He still gives me butterflies, and makes me feel like the most important thing in his life every single day. He loves our little girl so much, and wants to give the world to her. I truly love him with everything I am, and can’t believe I landed such a hot babe!

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Lake Rosinger!!

On Sunday we were lucky enough to have another one of our rare sunny days! With Chris leaving really soon to go to Alaska, I've been really trying to jump on board with whatever he wants to do, which obviously means I'm going fishing! So, on Sunday after Church, we loaded up some of the kids, and headed over to Lake Rosinger, which is right around the corner, to go for a little boat ride and try to catch something. I'm the kind of person that just loves to be out on the boat, and could really care less if we catch something or not... Chris on the other hand, has to catch a fish, or the whole trip sucks.... I would love to tell you we caught lots and lots of fish, however it was pretty much the exact opposite. We caught nothing. At all. Chris's brother Rob lost the only fish we had on, so the blame fell on him of course for us not catching a single thing. Very fair I know. Anyways, it was a beautiful day, a really cool spot, and Aside from the no fish thing, everyone had fun.

HoOd CaNaL

Friday Night, Chris and I loaded up the car, and went to his friends cabin. I was a little unsure about the whole idea, because there was going to be 4 different couples there, and everyone knew each other, except for me of course. Not to mention we were the only one's who had a little one. Welp, I'm really happy that I stopped worrying, and just went, because it turned out to be really fun! the weather was AMAZING (nice change from the snow last week...) and everyone was totally laid back and absolutely adored Charli! Here's a few pictures:) In this first one, you can see the oyster grounds! It was so crazy, when the tide went out, the ground was covered in oysters! All the boys went and got tons of them and ate enough to feed a small country. Awesome if you like them, I'm not a huge fan of oysters

I love this one, because Charli loved playing in the rocks/eating the rocks. The only way we could get her to stop putting them in her mouth, was to put a pacifier in her mouth.

These next two were not actually in hood canal, they were at Torrin's baseball game the day before! Kaho and Charli (cousins) checkin each other out:)

So cute! I just love em!

Whats Wrong With This Picture?????

"April showers bring May flowers". Welp I'd like to know what April snow storms bring!! Im ready for the sun.

Dinner with Lola and Callie

Here are my pathetic dogs, begging for CHARLI'S food!! This happens just about every time I feed her. Of course she bends down laughs at them, then lets them lick her hand, or drop pieces of macaroni or whatever she is eating for them. The funniest part of this, is my dog Lola (black and white) doing her tricks, thinking it will get her more food!! I know this is very BAD behavior, and we're working on it, but at least never find a gross mess all over the floor! They eat anything! Seriously anything, from pears, lettuce, apples, dirt, anything.

Leavenworth

Yesterday, spur of the moment idea, we decided to drive over to Leavenworth. For those of you not from around these parts, Leavenworth is this tiny Bavarian village smack dab in the middle of the mountains. The whole entire town, and i mean gas stations and all, all look like this picture. In my opinion its the cutest around Christmas time, because they totally deck it out with lights, and then there's the snow. But is was really fun to go look in the little shops, and get out of the house. The drive up there is also amazing, following the river the whole way.

I look scary I know.

All the food there is like, German sausage, or ice cream, so we had a little picnic, and all ate hot dogs. They seemed the least scary of the food choices. Thats Judy, Charli, Keni and Lindsay you see here

Another stroller picture

First Time at the Zoo!

So finally we have a sunny day, and it feels like spring is finally right around the corner! I maintain my goal of trying to take advantage of all the sunny days, so when my sister-in-law Lindsay called and invited me to the zoo, I could hardly say no. I planed to take pictures of the animals, and everything, but like always, I only ended up with pictures of Charli! Haha if you looked through my camera that's pretty much all I got! Just like most babies her age, Charli wasn't to interested in the animals. I think the only thing she really looked at, is when we saw like 4 or 5 squirrels chasing each other down the path! But I did! My favorite was the gorillas. There was a mama gorilla with a six month old baby gorilla that was the cutest thing ever. The mom was holding it just like a baby, petting its little head while it slept. So cute I know. Although I like seeing the animals, part of me always feels sorry for them, especially when I see how seriously almost all of the cool ones are endangered! I think I will really appreciate the zoo when Charli gets a little older and is excited to see all the animals!

If you ever get anything, and I mean anything near Charli's mouth, she opens wide!

My little snowman!

Sometimes I wonder what she is thinking about!

NiNe MoNtHs ToDaY!!!

So it's not exactly her birthday, but who cares. Today Charli turns 9 months! She went to the doctor and is just growing up perfect! (Too fast, but perfect.) Her measurements are as follows: Height 28" 67%. Weight 16lb 12%. Head circumference 45.7cm 91%. I laughed when before the doctor told me her percentages, he told me she had a "genius" size head! Hahaha that's what I'll tell her. Having been to the doctor I'll throw out there a little reminder to never be afraid to ask tons of questions, about anything, but especially about autism. It just seems like we've been hearing so much about it lately, and I can't help but worry about whats going into my baby through immunizations. By asking questions you can at least gain so peace of mind, even if there is no definitive answers. So, that being said, Charli is a healthy happy baby girl! She likes to snuggle with her blankets and her stuffed animals
She loves looking over the pond.... she always tries to stick her hands/feet/any part of her she can in the water!
My camera is so slow, its so hard to get pictures of her smiling! this is sort of a half smile:)
So today she was LOVIN this tent. She kept going in, and out, and in, and out! That is her uncle Keni in the back there.
Sittin on the little bridge over the water fall and pond with her Dad!

Speed Crawling!!!

Something interesting has happened this week, and I'm not sure I like it much. As I said before Charli has learned to crawl, cruise, etc. Welp, she has recently stepped it up a notch, and is moving faster I can keep up! Seriously, I feel like she could take on most toddlers in a race. It would be really cute and funny, except that she has a one track mind, to get the dog food, water, toys and yes, bones. she's only 8 1/2 months and she already thinks she is a puppy. (haha not really) You would think she didn't have any toys of her own, the way she ignores them, and goes straight for the dogs. If it's not their toys it's their tails. It really is cute how she follows them around!

Here she is getting a taste of "Iams proactive health", as Lola and Callie keep an eye on her. I guess since she is always dropping her food on the ground for them, she's decided it's her turn to try theirs.

No worries, of course I didn't actually let her swallow puppy food.